Transboundary Movement of Yezo Virus via Ticks on Migratory Birds, Japan, 2020–2021

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 2674 - 2678
• Main Authors: Nishino, Ayano, Tatemoto, Kango, Ishijima, Keita, Inoue, Yusuke, Park, Eun-sil, Yamamoto, Tsukasa, Taira, Masakatsu, Kuroda, Yudai, Virhuez-Mendoza, Milagros, Harada, Michiko, Nakamura, Noboru, Morimoto, Gen, Yamaguchi, Hiroki, Ariizumi, Takuma, Takano, Ai, Shimoda, Hiroshi, Matsuno, Keita, Maeda, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.12.2024; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animal Migration; Animals; Arachnids; Bird Diseases - epidemiology; Bird Diseases - virology; Bird migration; Bird navigation; Birds - virology; Care and treatment; Diagnosis; Diseases; Dispatch; Distribution; Environmental aspects; Fever; Genomes; Glycoproteins; Health aspects; Infections; Infectious diseases; Japan - epidemiology; Migratory birds; Ornithology; Pathogens; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; R&D; Research & development; RNA polymerase; RNA viruses; Thrombocytopenia; Tick-borne diseases; tickborne diseases; ticks; Ticks - virology; Transboundary Movement of Yezo Virus via Ticks on Migratory Birds, Japan, 2020–2021; vector-borne infections; Veterinary medicine; viruses; wild birds; Yezo virus; Japan; South Korea; Kuril Islands; China; Australasia; wild birds; viruses; vector-borne infections; Ixodes persulcatus; ticks; Japan; Yezo virus; tickborne diseases; zoonoses; Emberiza spodocephala
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3012.240539

Migratory birds carry ticks harboring various pathogens, including the zoonotic Yezo virus. In Hokkaido, Japan, we collected ticks from migratory birds during 2020-2021. Eight of 385 pools, comprising 2,534 ticks, tested positive for Yezo virus RNA, suggesting Yezo virus might be spread through the flyways of migratory birds.